Why do stars become giants?

Whitworth, Anthony Peter ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1178-5486 1991. Why do stars become giants? Annales de Physique 16 (4) , pp. 515-526. 10.1051/anphys:01991001604051500

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Abstract

In this paper I explain why stars become giants; and I review earlier work, indicating why there has been so little consensus on this question despite over fifty years of investigation. The mechanism causing giantness is not simple. It involves a complex natural conspiracy in which there are four critical roles. These roles are played by eight different physical effects

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Physics and Astronomy
Subjects:	Q Science > QB Astronomy
Uncontrolled Keywords:	giant stars; stellar evolution; stellar structure; giant stars formation; stellar evolution; stellar structure equations singular behaviour; giant stars envelopes; stellar core mass; Schonberg Chandrasekhar limit; stellar mass loss; critical core structure; degenerate cores; non degenerate cores; physical effects; He core mass; stellar He ignition
Publisher:	EDP sciences
ISSN:	0003-4169
Last Modified:	24 Oct 2022 11:19
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/47736

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